Claudia Cohen, American journalist, television personality. member of advisory board New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center; member steering committee Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala. Honoree Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital Centennial, 1995.
Background
Claudia Cohen was the daughter of businessman Robert B. Cohen, the founder of Hudson News and the president of the Hudson County News Company, a magazine wholesaler, and his wife, Harriet (née Brandwein). She grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and attended the Dwight School for Girls (now the Dwight-Englewood School) and the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
University of Pennsylvania.
Career
In 1976, she joined the New York Post as a reporter for its fledgling gossip column Page Six. She succeeded Neal Travis as editor of Page Six in 1978. Noted for going for the jugular, and creating a column with savvy and a sharp edge, is credited with putting Page Six on the map. left the Post in 1980 to start her own short-lived gossip column, I, Claudia (a play on words of the book title I, Claudius) at a rival newspaper, the New York Daily News.
While that column was not a success, it did maintain 's profile. died on June 15, 2007 from ovarian cancer.
Membership
Member of advisory board New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. Member steering committee Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala. Honoree Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital Centennial, 1995.